Record Number: 12479
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'29th March, Tuesday. ?La Gar?onne? V. Marguerite. 30th March, Wednesday. These last few days I have been reading Marguerite?s ?La Gar?onne?. I am disappointed. Instead of an exciting chronicle of debauchery, full of hints on sex-relationship, I find it simply a rather vigorous, but incurably sentimental treatise on Malthusianism. One or two of its scenes are realistic in the strictest sense, but for the rest, his heroine is a most romantic young lad who finishes up by falling in love properly and setting up in matrimony. But then I have always found the French sentimental.'
Century:1900-1945
Date:Between 27 Mar 1927 and 30 Mar 1927
Country:France
Timeevening
Place:city: Paris
specific address: 54, rue Martinval
(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:16 Jun 1903
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Coffee then Cocoa broker, working for Unilever - United Africa Company
Religion:none
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:France
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
n/a
Additional Comments:
n/a
Text Being Read:
Author: Title:La Gar?onne
Genre:Fiction
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:12479
Source:Manuscript
Author:Gerald Moore
Title:MS Diary 1927
Location:Private Collection
Call No:MS Diary 1927
Page/Folio:n/a
Additional Information:
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Citation:
Gerald Moore, MS Diary 1927, Private Collection, MS Diary 1927, n/a, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=12479, accessed: 14 January 2025
Additional Comments:
This material Copyright Andrew Neill Vanson Moore, and Shirley Frances Gould-Smith.
